Regarding the taxis we often take, I don't know if you have noticed a problem, many people say that Japanese cars are of good quality, stable and reliable, and the failure rate is low, but why are there almost no Japanese cars in taxis?
Over the years, because of business relations, I have traveled south and north to many provinces and cities, and I have also taken a lot of taxis, but this phenomenon may be noticed by many people, that is, taxis rarely use Toyota, Honda and Nissan models, which is indeed a fact.
In fact, in each prefecture, rental company is a lot of companies, but to sum up, the selected models and brands are not much, the popularity rate is very high several brands, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Kia, BYD, Geely, Chery, etc., the models used are also many, such as Jetta, Santana, including the previous Zhijun, Hyundai Yuedong, Chery Qiyun, FAW Besturn and so on.
For example, in our local area, the last batch of taxi models were Weizhi, Qiyun and Haijing, and this new update is volkswagen Jetta and Geely Vision.
As we all know, the test of taxi stability of the car is very powerful, because the average daily mileage of more than 300 kilometers, urban, rural and other road conditions, rapid acceleration, emergency stop, etc., are commonplace, a driving cycle of 8 years about 1 million kilometers, quite exaggerated. Because this mileage is simply "astronomical" for our private car.
I asked a more knowledgeable friend before, in his words, everyone has the impression that Japanese cars may have better stability, but taxis are more picky, all kinds of intense driving, all kinds of complex road conditions, these ordinary entry-level Japanese cars can not be carried by the light and fluttering chassis, so it is almost useless.
In fact, if you think about it, maybe what he said has some truth, japanese cars drive slowly and slowly, but once the taxi really gets restless, the consequences are difficult to say.
The reality is true, there are Japanese cars in the online car, this I did ride some, Camry, Xuanyi, etc., they all feel because they are their own cars, and running to save fuel, it is no problem to drive up; but taxis, there may also be areas in the use of Japanese cars, but from the overall situation this is definitely a minority, the popularity rate is very low, this is indeed another world, Japanese cars in this field is really not fragrant.
Some people say that it is because of the high price of Japanese cars, but the entry model is also very cheap if it is purchased in bulk, which is untenable.
So, what do you think is the reason why taxis don't adopt Japanese cars in a large area? This question deserves our attention and is worth pondering.